Surname: Richards
First Name: Phil
Status= other
Institution: The University of Alabama in Huntsville.
E-mail: richards@cs.uah.edu
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Title: 
In search of vibrationally excited N2 effects on NmF2.
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Authors: 
Phil G. Richards
S. Daniel Daugherty
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Abstract: 
Several studies have predicted up to a factor of 2
reduction in NmF2 as a result of significant amounts of
vibrationally excited N2 in summer at solar maximum.
Vibrationally excited N2 reacts much faster with O+
than does ground state N2. To study this problem,
we compare the FLIP model predictions of NmF2, with 
and without vibrationally excited N2, against
measurements at a selection of globally distributed
ionosonde stations over the solar cycle from 1976-80.
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Discipline Category: Ionosphere
Discipline Category: Thermosphere